MONROEVILLE, PA (4/10/04) -- The Hawk men's tennis team dropped a 4-2 decision to St. Bonaventure in the third-place match of the 2004 Atlantic 10 Championships but still made its best-ever showing at the conference championships with a fourth place finish. The performance bettered last year's fifth place showing. SJU drops to 9-9 with the loss.

Saint Joseph's dropped the doubles point despite a 8-0 win from sophomores Jimmy Holland and A.J. Garabedian. Holland was also a 6-1, 6-2 winner at #2 singles, as was classmate Antonio Aniello (2-6, 6-2, 6-4) at #6. But that was all SJU could muster in falling to SBU.

Richmond defeated George Washington, 4-1, to win the Atlantic 10 Championship and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.

#4 St. Bonaventure 4 #3 Saint Joseph's 2

Singles:
Mario Arce (SBU) def. Francisco Velazquez 6-2, 6-0
Jim Holland (SJU) def. Mikhil Murali 6-1, 6-2
Alejandro Nery (SBU) def. Chris Spencer 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
Dejan Stankovic (SBU) def. A.J. Garabedian 6-2, 6-2
Andrew Hart vs. Van Homer Pangilinan 6-7, 6-4 DNF
Antonino Aniello (SJU) def. Sajeel Qureshi 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles:
Arce / Stankovic (SBU) def. Velazquez / Pangilinan 8-2
Holland / Garabedian (SJU) def. Hart / Qureshi 8-0
Greg Osier / Nery (SBU) def. Spencer / Aniello 8-5